Cannabis Essay

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In recent years there has been much dispute over the use and legalization of cannabis or marijuana. Some people argue that cannabis is a drug. Drugs are supposed to make you better. Therefore, cannabis can make you better. In some ways that is true. Cannabis is used in many different ways and for many different reasons. The three most common uses and reasons are social, medical, and spiritual. When most people think of cannabis the thing that is most thought of is the act of getting high. However, there are people who are prescribed cannabis for medical reasons. Most people who are prescribed medical marijuana use it to treat many different medical conditions such as nausea, pain, insomnia, ADHD, HIV/AIDS, and cancer. (Capler)
Cannabis Sativa, although mostly called marijuana, is like many other drugs in that it originates from a plant. Cannabis is one of the many drugs that come from the hemp plant. It is made by drying the plant and, using the whole plant, is used as a hallucinogen. It varies in in color, but the most common colors are green, gray and brown. Marijuana is not the only drug that is made from this plant; it is however, the most common. Other drugs include hashish and sinsemilla. Marijuana is usually hand-wrapped and made into cigarettes or joints. One can also use a pipe or, more commonly called, a bong. Marijuana is sometimes connected with hippies or “flower children” in the sixties. People often think that the sixties were when marijuana first came about, but it has been around for much longer than most people would think. (“Chapter 1: What is Marijuana?”)
Where some cannabis users, who use it without a prescription, will say that they use cannabis for some of the same reasons as medical patients, others say differently. Most cannabis users use this drug for pleasure. They usually use it for daily activities and it soon becomes part of their everyday schedule. They say that it relaxes them and improves their concentration. In ways that is so, but if one needs this drug to relax them or to improve their concentration then one needs to seek medical advice. (Capler) Some believe that cannabis, whether it is medically prescribed or bought illegally, is very detrimental to one’s health. Although any consumption of any drug, such as cannabis, can be harmful, one has a greater chance of having impaired cognitive functions or risking dependence upon the drug when they...

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